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# ha

«ha» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

interjection (ha, ha ha); abbreviation (ha = hectare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ha is a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when they are surprised or have won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#m1)

2) «Ha ha» written down shows laughing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#m2)

3) ha is a short way to write hectare, a unit of land area: 1 ha is 10000 square metres, a square 100 m by 100 m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Almost always a word of the story; rarely «ha» for hectares of land, used for farms, forests and parks. In stories and comics: «Ha!» shows a character laughing or being proud. Phrases: «ha ha», «aha» (when you suddenly understand).

### examples

- «Ha! I have more marbles,» said Tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x1)
- A farm of 5 ha. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x2)
- Ha, she found 3 more shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x3)
- «Ha ha, very funny,» said Mia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x4)
- Aha, now I know the answer! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x5)
- The forest covers 200 ha. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x6)
- «Ha! I win!» shouted my brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x7)
- The park is about 2 ha, the size of two football fields and a bit more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x8)
- Ha! ha! ha!” he laughed again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/#x9)

### note

A hectare is 10000 square metres. As a laugh it carries no clue. After a number it is hectares, a land area (1 ha = 10 000 square metres); 100 ha make 1 square kilometre. «Ha ha» said in a flat voice can mean the joke was not funny.

### In the corpora

- [And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.86/)
- [For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.307/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ha» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ha/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.